2015-0319 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes:Regular City Commission Meting March 19,2015 City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and City Manager Russo reported that this is a Consultant firm that he brought in based on their experience and references to assist us with our Capital Projects and any other projects that he would assign. Fundamentally they are here because we lost our City Engineer as an employee a couple of months ago and they have particular experience in some very complicated projects especially the undergrounding that we are working on, total street rehabilitation like the 174th Street Project, and others. Public Speakers: None Commissioner Aelion moved and Vice Mayor Gatto seconded a motion to approve the resolution. Resolution No. 2015-2389 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 10E. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Approving an Agreement with Coastal Systems International, Inc. for Consulting Engineering and Environmental Services Relative to Beach Management. in an Amount Not to Exceed $35,000.00, in Substantially the Same Form Attached Hereto as Exhibit"A":Authorizing the Mayor to Execute Said Agreement; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate this Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and City Manager Russo reported this is the study that we have been talking about having done to consider beach erosion, mitigation, techniques, and possibilities for our City. Coastal Systems International is very well versed in our area, they did the previous report for the City a number of years ago, and they have been involved in many other projects relating to the coast. As it was made clear in developing the charge and scope for this project, it is heavily geared on coming up with various alternatives, methodologies, state of the art from beach erosion mitigation,and they are going to come up with a series of possibilities. We will take a very close look and fully vent what we decide on the two most feasible ones. Christie Brush is here and is very familiar to our City. Public Speakers: None Mayor Scholl said he thinks this is important because the thing you hear about the most is traffic and beach erosion, and so he feels good about the fact that we are getting this proposal. We each got a letter from Roberto Rodriguez of LaPerla regarding beach erosion and the problems associated with it,hopefully the study we are conducting will also speak to the issues that you mention in your letter. City Manager Russo said that he and Commissioner Aelion attended the Board Meeting of the LaPerla Condominium last night and this was the main reason that they had asked us to come to the meeting, and they had some very good thoughts on it. Commissioner Aelion said unlike Haulover Park where you take a walk along the beach and it is straight, when you walk along Sunny Isles Beach you see the meandering coastal erosion in some areas and the reason is because of the different elevation in certain areas. The higher the elevation, 75 to 100 feet in-bound coastal line, the slower the erosion. Commissioner Aelion moved and Vice Mayor Gatto seconded a motion to approve the resolution. Resolution No. 2015-2390 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 13